Finger Lakes
Ontario, New York
Ontario is a town in Wayne County, in New York's Finger Lakes region, home to about 10,500 people as of the 2020 census.
Like the rest of upstate New York, an assessed value here usually isn't the market value; the state's equalization rate reconciles the two. The local rate is below, and the STAR program can lower the school-tax part of the bill.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Wayne
- Region
- Finger Lakes
- Population (2020)
- 10,446
Local Almanac
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Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · Rules & Licenses
Ontario's Ginna Planning Is Practical, Not Panic
Ontario residents near Ginna should know the official emergency-planning pages, siren tests, and county/state guidance before they ever need them.
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Ontario's Lake Shore Mixes Parks, Industry, and Ginna
Ontario's town identity is a Lake Ontario shoreline place with major parks, an industrial park, and the Ginna plant in the same civic frame.
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Williamson Is Wayne County Fruit-Belt Country
Williamson mixes apple country, Pultneyville lake-port history, Underground Railroad memory, and a farm economy shaped by Lake Ontario.
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Walworth's Fields and Cobblestone Still Tell the Story
Walworth's local texture ties western Wayne County fields, early settlers, nursery farming, and the region's remarkable cobblestone building tradition.
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Marion Calls Itself the Heart of Wayne County for a Reason
Marion's official site presents a central Wayne County town with an agricultural heritage, small-town civic identity, and 1820s roots.
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Webster Balances Lake Ontario and Orchard Country
Webster's identity connects Lake Ontario, Webster Park, Irondequoit Bay history, and a fruit-growing farm landscape.
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Webster village is the compact center inside a bigger town
Webster village is a compact municipal center inside the larger Webster town map.
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Wayne Assessment Rolls Let Marion and Wolcott Owners Check the Annual Roll
Wayne County posts annual tentative and final assessment-roll routes, including town-specific links for Marion and Wolcott.
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Marion Owners Should Separate Assessment Records From Tax Payment
Marion property checks should start with county property data and assessment rolls before a tax-payment question is treated as final.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $22–$25 per $1,000
Combined full-value rate — county + town/city + school district, per $1,000 of market value (FY2025). On a $300,000 home that's about $6,679–$7,507 a year before the STAR break.
A planning estimate, not a bill. Your exact rate depends on your school district and any village. Confirm with the assessor.
Statewide links
Statewide starting points.
Good to know
- • Your assessed value usually isn't your market value — ask for the equalization rate.
- • Register for STAR; new applicants generally receive a credit instead of an automatic exemption on the bill.
- • Outside the cities, check the well, the septic, and the FEMA flood map before you buy.
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Tax rates: NYS Dept of Taxation & Finance (ORPTS), Real Property Tax Rates and Levy Data by Municipality, data.ny.gov dataset iq85-sdzs. (FY2025). Population: U.S. Census 2020. Reviewed June 2026. Source data ->
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